Working Papers

Working Papers

“The Mortality of the U.S. Homeless Population” (with Angela Wyse and Ilina Logani), Becker Friedman Institute Working Paper No 2023-41.

“Who is Poor, How Poverty has Changed, and Why it Matters: Poverty Measurement in the U.S. and its Implications for Policy” (with Jeehoon Han and James X. Sullivan), Working Paper, September 2022.

“The Size and Census Coverage of the U.S Homeless Population” (with Angela Wyse and Kevin Corinth), NBER Working Paper No. 30163, June 2022 (Revised January 2023).

“The Anti-Poverty, Targeting, and Labor Supply Effects of Replacing a Child Tax Credit with a Child Allowance.” (with Kevin Corinth, Matthew Stadnicki, and Derek Wu). NBER Working Paper No. 29366, October 2021 (Revised title and text, March 2022).

“Changes in the Distribution of Economic Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Nationally Representative Consumption Data” (with Connacher Murphy and James X. Sullivan), NBER Working Paper 29878, March 2022.

“The Change in Poverty from 1995 to 2016 Among Single Parent Families” (with Kevin Corinth and Derek Wu), NBER Working Paper 29870, March 2022. [This is a longer version of the AEA Papers & Proceedings Paper]

“What Leads to Measurement Errors? Evidence from Reports of Program Participation in Three Surveys” (with Pablo Celhay and Nikolas Mittag). NBER Working Paper No. 29652, January 2022.

“Certification and Recertification in Welfare Programs: What Happens When Automation Goes Wrong?” (with Derek Wu). Working Paper, December 2021.

“Errors in Reporting and Imputation of Government Benefits and Their Implications” (with Pablo Celhay and Nikolas Mittag). NBER Working Paper No. 29184, August 2021.

“Does Geographically Adjusting Poverty Thresholds Improve Poverty Measurement and Program Targeting?” (with Derek Wu and Brian Curran), Working Paper, August 2021, University of Chicago.

“Learning about Homelessness Using Linked Survey and Administrative Data,” (with Angela Wyse, Alexa Grunwaldt, Carla Medalia, and Derek Wu), Working Paper, May 2021.